Subclinical Iodine Deficiency among Pregnant Women in Haramaya District, Eastern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Study

Table 3

Factors associated with subclinical iodine deficiency in logistic regression analysis among pregnant women, Haramaya, April 2012.

Variable	Crude OR (95% CI)	𝑃 value∗	Adjusted OR (95% CI)^†	𝑃 value∗
Age group
18–24 years	1		1
25–34 years	0.86 (0.47, 1.58)	0.634	0.59 (0.29, 1.19)	0.138
35–49 years	0.46 (0.22, 0.96)	0.040	0.30 (0.12, 0.75)	0.010
Educational status
Literate	1		1
Illiterate	1.75 (0.75, 4.08)	0.195	3.52 (1.30, 9.55)	0.013
Family size
<5 persons	1		1
≥5 persons	1.13 (0.68, 1.86)	0.636	3.22 (1.57, 6.58)	0.001
Previous pregnancies
0	1		1
1–3	0.79 (0.40, 1.57)	0.508	0.36 (0.15, 0.82)	0.016
≥4	0.52 (0.23, 1.19)	0.122	0.23 (0.07, 0.74)	0.013
Trimester of pregnancy
First	1		1
Second	1.15 (0.50, 2.64)	0.740	0.97 (0.38, 2.46)	0.942
Third	0.91 (0.41, 2.02)	0.817	0.78 (0.32, 1.89)	0.582
Possessed milk cows
No cow	1		1
One cow	0.61 (0.34, 1.11)	0.108	0.41 (0.21, 0.81)	0.010
Two or more cows	1.02 (0.54, 1.90)	0.960	0.78 (0.38, 1.61)	0.503
Prenatal visit
No	1		1
Yes	1.25 (0.72, 2.16)	0.436	1.85 (0.92, 3.70)	0.083
Cabbage consumption
<3 times/month	1		1
≥3 times/month	2.20 (1.08, 4.46)	0.029	3.04 (1.37, 6.77)	0.006
Household salt
Not iodized	1		1
Iodized	0.22 (0.10, 0.48)	<0.001	0.13 (0.05, 0.32)	<0.0001
Consumption of milk
<3 times/month	1		1
≥3 times/month	0.84 (0.51, 1.39)	0.500	0.50 (0.27, 0.93)	0.029

^∗𝑃 values are based on likelihood chi-square test; ^†adjusted for all variables shown in the table; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.